Zika virus

Zika virus is an arbovirus, member of the family Flaviridae, genus Flavivirus, which has created an important public health emergency in the Americas after an epidemic outbreak associated with nervous system disorders.

The 2nd congress of the EAN took place May 28-31, 2016 at the Bella Conference Center in Copenhagen. We had 5500 attendees who took part in 40 Symposia, focused workshops and special sessions. Among the many highlights were the outstanding presentations by the awardees of the Romberg, Golgi and Brown-Séquard lectures during the presidents plenary and the last-minute session on the ‘epidemiology, clinical presentations and immunology of Zika-Virus induced neurological diseases’ (This session can be viewed on the members-only part of the EAN-website). More than 4500 participants attended the 40 educational events with many new innovations like case-based facilitated workshops, more hands-on courses and career-development sessions. More than 1500 abstracts were presented in 28 oral and 117 electronic poster sessions.

EAN congress, Copenhagen
Sunday, 29.5.2016; 8:30-10:00
Location: Hall B. Chairs: E. Schmutzhard, R. Shakir Epidemiology of Zika virus, present knowledge, future perspectives and
implications for Europe
John England, USA
Chair, WFN ZIKA committee, Louisiana State University, New Orleans Zika virus… Continue Reading